Botanical Latin Words - V

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- V -
vagina, -ae - noun, 1st declension, feminine: sheath
   vaginas - accusative plural [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 58. (Panicum clandestinum)]
   vaginis - ablative plural [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 57. (Panicum sanguinale, p. 58. (Panicum miliaceum), p. 59. (Panicum brevifolium), p. 65. (Aira praecox), p. 76. (Bromus purgans), p. 297. (Allium arenarium, Allium scorodoprasum), p. 334. (Rumex britannica, Rumex verticillatus)]
   vaginisque = ablative plural + -que [why?] [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 76. (Bromus ciliatus)]
vaginalis, -is, -e - adjective, group B: relating to a sheath
   vaginalibus - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnseus, Species Plantarum, p. 363. (Polygonum articulatum)]
vaginatus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: sheathed
   vaginatus - ablative plural masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 52. (Eriophorum vaginatum)]
vaginans, vaginans, vaginans - adjective, group B: sheathing
   vaginantibus - present active participle, ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 423. (Arenaria rubra)]
   vaginantibus - present active participle, ablative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 127. (Potamogeton marinum), p. 276. (Statice monopetala, Statice suffruticosa), p. 320. (Aloe vera), p. 523. (Cistus ladanifera)]
vagus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: having no particular direction
   vagis - ablative plural masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 90. (Lechea major)]
   vagis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 18. (Utricularia caerulea)]
valvula, -ae - noun, 1st declension, feminine: valve
   valvula - ablative singular [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 43. (Schoenus ferrugineus, Schoenus nigricans), p. 75. (Festuca bromoides)]
   valvularum - genitive plural [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 336. (Rumex vesicarius), p. 337. (Rumex roseus)]
   valvulis - ablative plural [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 333. (Rumex patientia), p. 334. (Rumex alpinus, Rumex britannica, Rumex sanguineus, Rumex verticillatus), p. 335. (Rumex acutus, Rumex aegypticus, Rumex crispus, Rumex maritimus, Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex persicarioides), p. 336. (Rumex aquaticus, Rumex bucephalophorus, Rumex lunaria), p. 337. (Rumex spinosus)]
-ve - conjunction (enclitic): or
   -ve [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 9. (Veronica virginica)]
venosus, -a, -um - adjective, Group A: having many branched veins
   venosis - abative plural masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 419. (Silene rubella)]
   venosis - abative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 29. (Piper siriboa), p. 30. (Piper umbellatum), p. 214. (Apocynum reticulatum), Viburnum lantana), p. 369. (Laurus nobilis), p. 370. (Laurus aestivalis, Laurus borbonia, Laurus indica, Laurus persea), p. 510. (Clusia minor)]
   venoso-reticulatis = venoso- (combining form of group A adjective venosus, -a, -um) + reticulatis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 15. (Justicia betonica), p. 418. (Silene beben)]
ventricosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: swollen
   ventricosa - ablative singular feminine [Linnaeus (175), p. 55. (Phalaris arundinacea)]
   ventricosis - ablative plural masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 260. (Seseli annuum)]
   ventricosis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 85. (Triticum aestivum), (Triticum hybernum, Triticum turgidum), p. 228. (Gentiana saponaria, Gentiana villosa), p. 317. (Hyacinthus orientalis), p. 529. (Corchorus olitorius)]
   ventricosis - ablative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 286. (Tillandsia lingulata), p. 301. (Allium fistulosum)]
   ventricoso - ablative singular masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 300. (Allium cepa)]
vernalis, -is, -e - adjective, group B: vernal
   vernalibus - ablative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 238. (Bupleurum difforme)]
verrucosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: warty
   verrucosis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 459. (Euphorbia verrucosa), p. 462. (Euphorbia hyberna)]
   versu - ablative singular [gender?] [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 74. (Festuca amethystina)]
   versis - ablative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 1002. (Pinus abies)
verticillatus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: whorled
   verticillata - nominative singular [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 573. (Betonica annua)]
   verticillatis - ablative plural masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 22. (Monarda punctata), p. 23. (Monarda ciliata), p. 101. (Hedyotis auricularia), p. 147. (Lysimachia punctata), p. 173. (Lonicera caprifolium), p. 176. (Triosteum perfoliatum), p. 206. (Illecebrum verticillatum), p. 242. (Caucalis leptophylla), p. 446. (Lythrum verticillatum, p. 562. (Teucrium botrys), p. 567. (Satureja thymbra), p. 569. (Thymbra verticillata), p. 570. (Nepeta nuda), p. 577. (Mentha arvensis, Mentha canadensis, Mentha gentilis, Mentha pulegium), p. 578. (Mentha cervina)]
   verticillatis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 173. (Lonicera sempervirens), p. 227. (Gentiana lutea, Gentiana purpurea), p. 228. (Gentiana saponaria), p. 231. (Gentiana cruciata)]
   verticillatis - ablative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 89. (Mollugo verticillata), p. 102. (Sherardia arvensis), p. 107. (Galium glaucum, Galium purpureum, Galium rubrum), p. 108. (Galium parisiense), p. 195, (Phylica ericoides), p. 217. (Asclepias verticillata), p. 253. (Sison verticillatum), p. 281. (Linum verticillatum), p. 303. (Lilium camschatcense, Lilium canadense, Lilium martagon), p. 315. (Convallaria verticillata), p. 339. (Medeola aculeata), p. 355. (Erica abietina), p. 368. (Elatine alsinastrum), p. 440. (Spergula arvensis, Spergula pentandra), p. 542. (Anemone thalictroides), p. 579. (Galeopsis ladanum, Galeopsis tetrahit)]
   verticillatis - ablative plural [neuter?] [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 94. (Protea argentea)]
   verticillato-spicatis = verticillato- (combining form of group A adjective verticillatus, -a, -um) + spicatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective spicatus, -a, -um [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 571. (Nepeta hirsuta, Nepeta italica)]
verticillus, -i - noun, 2nd declension, masculine: whorl
   verticilla - [case, number, gender?] [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 571. (Nepeta tuberosa)]
   verticillis - ablative plural [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 564. (Teucrium canadense), p. 567. (Satureja juliana, Satureja mastichina), p. 570. (Nepeta cataria, Nepeta violacea), p. 571. (Nepeta hirsuta), p. 580. (Galeopsis galeobdolon, Stachys palustris, Stachys sylvatica)]
   verticillis - ablative plural [neuter?] [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 25. (Salvia pratensis), p. 26. (Salvia indica), Salvia verticillata), p. 27. (Salvia aethiopica)]
vestitus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: clothed
   vestito - ablative singular masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 2. (Amomum granum-paradisi)]
viginti - adjective (indeclinable): twenty
   viginti [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 70. (Briza eragrostis)]
vigintijugo, vigintijugare, vigintijugavi, vigintijugatum - verb, 1st conjugation: to connect[?]
   vigintijugatis = perfect passive participle, ablative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 522. (Mimosa tenuifolia)]
villosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: villose
   villosa - nominative singular feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 141. (Aretia alpina), p. 388. (Jussiaea suffruticosa), p. 574. (Sideritis cretica)]
   villosa - ablative singular feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 61. (Alopecurus monspeliensis)]
   villosis - ablative plural masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 6. (Nyctanthes hirsuta), p. 139. (Echium italicum), p. 306. (Ornithogalum hirsutum), p. 409. (Saponaria ocymoides, Saponaria orientalis), p. 419. (Silene virginica), p. 564. (Teucrium asarum)]
   villosis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 76. (Bromus purgans), p. 86. (Triticum turgidum), p. 213. (Apocynum frutescens), p. 410. (Dianthus armeria)]
   villosis - ablative plural neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 64. (Aira cespitosa), p. 79. (Avena pensylvanica), p. 84. (Secale villosum), p. 108. (Galium aparine), p. 152. (Phlox pilosa), p. 153. (Phlox sibirica), p. 154. (Convolvulus carolinus), p. 159. (Convolvulus hirtus), p. 161. (Ipomoea alba), p. 187. (Solanum mammosum), p. 188. (Solanum tomentosum), p. 202. (Vitis indica), p. 214. (Asclepias purpurascens), p. 216. (Asclepias decumbens), p. 228. (Gentiana villosa), p. 238. (Bupleurum villosum), p. 265. (Rhus coriaria), p. 273. (Aralia chinensis), p. 340. (Menispermum carolinum), p. 341. (Menispermum hirsutum, Menispermum orbiculatum), p. 373. (Sophora alopecuroides), p. 476. (Crataegus tomentosa), p. 491. (Rosa villosa), p. 498. (Potentilla canadensis), p. 524. (Cistus incana, Cistus monspeliensis), p. 525. (Cistus canus), p. 532. (Aconitum lycoctonum), p. 563. (Teucrium latifolium)]
   villosis - ablative plural [feminine?] [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 58. (Panicum dactylon)]
   villoso - ablative singular masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 17. (Pinguicula villosa, p. 155. (Convolvulus canariensis, Convolvulus malabarica), p. 225. (Gomphrena polygonoides), p. 257. (Scandix grandiflora), p. 553. (Ranunculus monspeliacus)]
   villoso - [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 61. (Agrostis arundinacea)]
   villoso-glandulosis = villoso- (combining form of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um) + glandulosis - ablative plural nauter of group A adjective glandulosus, -a, -um [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 267. (Viburnum tinus)]
   villoso-viscosis = villoso- (combining form of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um) + viscosis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 183. (Physalis pubescens)]
   villoso-viscosum = villoso- (combining form of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um) + viscosum - nominative singular neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 437. (Cerastium viscosum)]
   villosum - nominative singular neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 132. (Lithospermum tinctorium)]
   villosus - nominative singular masculine[?] [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 527. (Cistus salicifolius)]
virgatus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: twiggy
   virgata - ablative singular feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 447. (Lythrum virgatum)]
   virgata - ablative singular neuter [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 59. (Panicum virgatum)]
   virgatis - ablative plural feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 362. (Polygonum barbatum)]
vix - adverb: barely
   vix - [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 132. (Lithospermum arvense, Lithospermum officinale), p. 139. (Echium italicum)]
volubilis, -is, -e - adjective, group B: twining
   volubili - [ablative?] singular masculine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 140. (Tournefortia volubilis), p. 196. (Celastrus scandens), p. 212. (Cynanchum acutum, Cynanchum hirtum, Cynanchum monspeliacum, Cynanchum suberosum), p. 214. (Apocynum reticulatum), p. 364. (Polygonum convolvulus, Polygonum scandens)]
   volubilis - nominative singular feminine [1753: Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, p. 452. (Euphorbia viminalis)]


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